We are a family of four, including two young children. We decided to sell our house and move into an RV to travel the country, visit friends and family, and take a step back from our consumerist lifestyle. This is all new territory to us, so undoubtedly many laughs, mishaps, and adventures await us!

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

We'd spent the last few days sweeping up a Triaminic deal at Walgreens and a bunch of good sales at the grocery store (free milk! and a whole cart full of groceries for $6.09!) but today I got to take the kids over to our friend Elsa's house in the morning. The kids just loved being able to run and play. There's a little circle in her house, through the kitchen, then the dining room, living room, and back to the kitchen. They kept going around and around, catching each other and chasing each other. They had a blast. And I enjoyed just getting to visit with Elsa and not having to worry about kids running in opposite directions in a large and crowded museum. It was a nice morning. And Elsa and I got together again this evening after the kids went down, just spending a little longer catching up. It was so good to get to visit with her.

We've only got a few days left in Seattle. My mom is leaving on Saturday to start her drive home. I know the kids are going to miss having Grandma right across the street. We're heading down to Portland this weekend too. Luckily that's not a long drive so we may still be able to do a big family thing here on Saturday before we go. We'll have to see what our options are!

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I just want to say I love your blog. I have been following you for awhile. I first came across it when we were doing research for our trip to colorado... and realized you are doing what we are about to do. We are selling our house and living in a 5th wheel. We are in the beginning stage but it's nice to see another family doing this with toddlers (we have a boy age 2 and girl age 1)... both mine are a bit younger than yours. If we end up on the road in the next 6 months I'd love to meet up with you guys have let our kids have a play date... and you guys can tell us about your travels. We're in upstate NY now but we'll be heading straight west once we get on the road. You can check out our blog. Leave us a comment (we're new to blogging and love getting comments!!!) Thanks, good luck and have fun!!

so i have another comment... a question more or less this time. I saw your picasa album and have been trying like crazy to add one to my blog. I know you have blogger and I have wordpress, but I wondered if you know the trick to add it. I have created a slideshow and have the whole html code, tried to paste it in my widgets but it wont let me. It deletes everything when I hit save. Just thought I'd ask, maybe you would know. Thanks in advance.... Amanda

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Rinnah has taken to saying "thank you" for just about everything these days, and since Ian loves to copy her, good manners are spreading! They like to play where Rinnah pushes something across the table to Ian, and he returns it. She says, "thank you!" and he says, "you're welcome!" And then they both giggle. It's so precious, and makes us think maybe we're doing at least something right around here!

12-28-09

Sept 09Lately, if he doesn't want to do something, Ian tells us he can't figure it out. For example, we ask him to pick up his books. "I no figure out pick up my books." I don't know where he got it but it's kind of amusing.8-10-09Ian loves to eat pepperoni, and has his own name for it-"bump bump bump ONI!"

7-21-09I was washing some dishes when I heard Ian behind me say, "I all ready go. Ma push Ian please?" There he was standing crouched in his little plastic dump truck with the cutest look on his face. I couldn't resist pushing him for a lap around the kitchen.

7-14-09Ian bumped his head, and Jeremy said "I'm sorry". Ian replied, "No, I bumped my head all by myself."

7-10-09I was opening up my tub of coupons to file and Ian spotted the small scissors I use in the store. He said, "Ma cut Ian's hair off with these?" I told him no, and he started pleading for me to cut his hair off! Maybe it's time to try a buzz cut.

6-27-09We went to a deli to pick up some sandwiches-a special treat since we rarely eat out. I was in the car with the kids while Jeremy went in to pick up the food.

6-5-09Ian's favorite game lately is "Ian go?" which is "Where did Ian go?" He'll 'hide' by putting his face behind a sheet or simply looking another direction. If you don't suggest places Ian could be hiding, he'll suggest them for you. Then he'll say "no!" and laugh at each place. Now he's started coming out from his hiding place and saying "there you are!" when he appears. :)

6-2-09Ian doesn't like to go to bed, and usually after we go into his room three times we'll close the door. Tonight we did, and then we heard a tiny little wail, "Door open! I want see yooooooooooooouuuu!" It was so adorable, I wound up giving in.

5-27-09 I was nursing Rinnah today, and when she finished I was burping her. Then she started to crawl away and almost slipped, so I was catching her fall. During this time I hadn't fixed my shirt yet. Ian ran over saying, "Close milk! Close milk!" and tried to pull my shirt down for me.

5-26-09I had practiced with Ian saying "Happy Birthday Uncle David". It's a big sentence for him, and he had to concentrate really hard to get it out. When the time came, I asked him to say what we had practiced. "Uncle David" he carefully said. "Do you remember what else?" I prompted. He paused. I whispered, "Happy Birthday". And Ian very carefully whispered "Happy Birthday". Can't fault him for that!

5-17-09Completely out of the blue today, Ian decided he wanted to do my hair. He got out his detangler spray and comb and went to work. He actually was doing a very meticulous job, and kept saying, "People look all nice momma hair" which I'm pretty sure translates into, "People are going to see momma's hair all nice."

5-16-09 Ian was driving his tractor with the farmer and animals today. He told us they were going shopping, which is what he usually says people are doing when he drives his cars or trucks. We asked him where they were going. "Red store", he said, which is what he called Target when we were there the other day. (He identifies stores by the color of shopping carts.) He then informed us that the farmer was going to the store to buy socks for Rinnah. :)

5-15-09 Ian likes to play where he 'hides' and we look for him. He doesn't quite have the idea of hiding down yet. As long as he can't see you, he's hiding in his mind. So he'll often pull the curtains over his face, and yell "Ian go?" which is short for "Where did Ian go?" If you don't start looking right away, he'll offer suggestions for you. "On couch?" "By door?" "In box?" He'll also answer "No!" when you ask if he's in any certain place. Here's a picture of him "hiding" during the game.

5-14-09 I was showing Ian some kissing bears that we are putting in the garage sale. They're the kind that have magnets in the snouts so they kiss. We've had one floating around for about a week that Ian found, but we just found the mate today. I showed him how they kissed, and he was very excited.

"Daddy!" he proudly said, holding up the boy bear.

"Good!" I told him. "What about this one?" I asked, holding up the girl bear and waiting for the proud moment when he said my name.